Weak Mott insulators on the triangular lattice: Possibility of a gapless nematic quantum spin liquid

作者:Grover Tarun*; Trivedi N; Senthil T; Lee Patrick A
来源:Physical Review B, 2010, 81(24): 245121.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.245121

摘要

We study the energetics of Gutzwiller projected BCS states of various symmetries for the triangular lattice antiferromagnet with a four-particle ring exchange using variational Monte Carlo methods. In a range of parameters the energetically favored state is found to be a projected d(x2-y2) paired state which breaks lattice rotational symmetry. We show that the properties of this nematic or orientationally ordered paired spin-liquid state as a function of temperature and pressure can account for many of the experiments on organic materials. We also study the ring-exchange model with ferromagnetic Heisenberg exchange and find that among the studied ansatze, a projected f-wave state is the most favorable.

  • 出版日期2010-6-18